McVie's lines on the Tusk album. Specifically, Over and Over, Brown Eyes, and Angel, the latter having just about the coolest bass tone ever heard. (IMO of course)

Melvins-Hold it in, one of their more bent lately; Old Man Gloom-The Ape of Man; heavy stuff...Brant Bjork and the low desert punk band-Black Power Flower; cool desert rock-clearly he was a BIG part of the Kyuss sound,more than the others would like to admit I'd guess...Tony

The intro to the of Beethoven's piano concerto no. 5; the orchestral part before the piano comes in (about 1:29).  Absolutely beautiful the way the chords flow in this short section of the concerto.

Like Button Pressed davehouck. I frequently listen to classical in my shop... too distracting listening to something I can actually play. Lately it's been Vivaldi's Four Seasons, and Bach's Brandenburgs'.    
 
I have had to put aside recreational listening in an effort to focus on the music for some upcoming Christmas concerts, the main one being a contemporary P & W, to be played the weekends of 11/29-30 and again on 12/6-7. Sorta' makes me wish the Persuader 5 had green and red LED's. =)  
 
I am also playing upright bass with two prodigious little girls (sisters) one a violinist, the other, classical guitar & mandolin, for an hour-long program made up of fairly obscure 16th & 17th century Carols. Most are structured repetitiously, like folk music, but with unfamiliar time signatures and often mixed within one song. The measures are not necessarily symmetrical either. It's not quite over my head but right at it... just hoping to pull this one off without embarrassing myself.

I've been listening to The Band.

Persuant to a discussion on another forum, I did a Youtube search for a cat I used to know slightly, .  Best autoharpist ever, IMO.
 
He breaks down some of his technique .
 
Peter
 
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Fredo Viola
 
WMSE played this song this morning . . . started my day right.

Druha Trava...a Czech bluegrass band. Had never heard of them nor thought that was even such a thing as Czech bluegrass music until a Czech friend took me to one of their concerts.

About 20 years ago, there was a very healthy bluegrass community in Europe, particularly Germany, Austria, and Italy. I remember being surprised upon hearing the Old World version of what I had grown up playing here in the cradle of Appalachia.

In honor of having *finally* finished raking all the leaves up out of the yard for the fifth time this year, Fleetwood-Mac's Bare Trees is playing in the office today.  
 
Happy Thanksgiving to the Alembican Tribe. =)

Bare Trees is from my favorite Fleetwood Mac era, and features my favorite Mac guitar player, Danny Kirwan, and one of my favorite songs, , which is what I'm listening to now.

Whenever I hear these older tunes I realize that Fleetwood Mac were once far more interesting than what they turned into; of course grew up unable to escape that popular era...I should explore the cool earlier eras of the band...Tony

Oops, double-posted. :hiding:
 
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I always had a little different take on them, having been a senior in high school when Tango came out, and techno-pop was threatening the universe.
 
Lindsey Buckingham quitting the band right before the tour... that was BIG news in 1987. That was the band I knew and liked, but they were who turned me onto the Bob Welch, Danny Kirwan, Jeremy Spencer, and Peter Green incarnations of Fleetwood Mac. I was (and still am) a true fan, and went on to enjoy the next two less successful versions that included Billy Burnette, Rick Vito, then Dave Mason (yeah, *that* Dave Mason) and Bekka Bramlett. I might be one of the very few people to actually own a copy of the Time album from 1995. =)  
 
Having played in bands that had major personnel changes, that's a hard thing to deal with, even more so I imagine, given the level they were already playing in the early 1970's. Buckingham and Nicks coming in... that wasn't an easy gig to walk into, but they did pretty well. And I haven't ever seen them be anything less than respectful of their predecessors.  
 
The endurance amazes me almost as much as the music has... Mick & John just keep on playing. I just try to appreciate all of it.

Joni Mitchell w/ Pat Metheny and Jaco Pastorious.  What a backing band!  IMO, her best work.  I remember hearing this as a teenager and thinking WOW - then after rediscovering I know why it's so awesome.  I actually think it's some of the best playing by Pat and Jaco too.
 

 
Stephen
 
PS - Love this thread